About Us

What isFossil Free?"If it is wrong to wreck
the climate, then it is wrong to profit from that wreckage” - Bill McKibben, 350.org

Fossil Free is a global network of campaigns

working toward fossil fuel divestment in our
communities.

What is Divestment?

Divestment
is the opposite of investment – it simply means getting rid of stocks, bonds,
or investments in a company because you don't believe in what they are doing.

Fossil
fuel divestment aims to de-legitimise the fossil fuel industry for its
culpability in the climate crisis. We hope that the fossil fuel divestment
movement can help break the hold that the fossil fuel industry has on our
economy and our governments.

Who are FOSSIL FREE BRISTOL?

We are a group of ordinary citizens, calling on institutions in and around Bristol to divest their money from Fossil Fuels. If you would like to get involved email us or find us on facebook or follow us on twitterWhat are FOSSIL FREE BRISTOL doing?

We are
also encouraging individuals to move
their money from bank accounts and pension funds which are supporting the
fossil fuel industry.

Students
are campaigning for Bristol University
to divest. You can see their campaign here: http://bit.ly/1AkrpQC

We are
also supporting the Guardian’s Keep It in
the Ground campaign asking the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome
Trust to divest. http://bit.ly/1GLB7f4

Does Divestment actually
work?

Yes! It
played a major part in putting an end to the era of South African Apartheid. In
the 1980’s, 155 universities, 26 state governments, 22 counties, and 90 cities
all took their money from multinationals that did business in the country. This
campaign helped break the back of the Apartheid government and usher in an era
of democracy and equality.